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[Marcus Haslam <marcus.haslam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 27 Apr 2011, at 19:10, Ed Lin <124315@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've added Compiz to this bug as per the discussion here:
> https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg05613.html
>
> I know about the window placement plugin in CCSM but there are two  
> problems:
> It requires manual setup and can only do static coordinates and rules
> whereas it should be enabled by default, transparent and dynamically
> remember positions.
> Secondly, it's broken. Opening another window of the same
> class/role/whatever shouldn't put it exactly on top of the other one
> but cascaded so both titlebars are visible. See KDE, Windows and OS X
> for a correct implementation.
>
> [...]
>
> My recommendation for the near future: Extend the window placement
> plugin so it supports cascading (or "smart" placement, see below) of
> same windows and automatically remembers coordinates. Once it's deemed
> stable and functionally complete enable it by default.
>
> Please see the mailing list for further problems and ideas surrounding
> the issue.
>
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> Title:
>  Remember+restore window position of applications with WM_WINDOW_ROLE
>  or window title set
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Won't Fix
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
> Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  Open firefox or thunderbird.  Move the window.  Quit the  
> application.  Open the application again.  The window is back over  
> on the left again.
>  The mozilla team leaves window positioning to the window manager on  
> unix/linux systems:
>  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31086
>
>  The advanced settings to enable Gnome to remember window positions  
> is not available at the place these instructions say they were a  
> year ago:
>  http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-36505.html%3C/t-199815.html
>
>  A similar ubuntu bug was reported earlier, but it was about firefox  
> only, and it is already marked as having been fixed in Feb.,  
> however, I am seeing the issue today using Feisty, which was  
> released in April:
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/65841
>
>  One possible workaround is using Devil's Pie: http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie
>  which requires hand editing xml files and creating pattern matching  
> filter rules.

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